Batanta

Batanta
	Batanta Location in Raja Ampat Islands Batanta Location in Papua
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	0°52′4″S 130°39′27″E / 0.86778°S 130.65750°E
Archipelago	Raja Ampat Islands
Area	479.5 km2 (185.1 sq mi)
Highest point	1184 m
Administration
	Indonesia
Province	Southwest Papua

Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 479.5 km² and its highest point is 1184 m. The Pitt Strait separates it from Salawati Island, while the Dampier Strait separates it from Waigeo Island.

Dampier Strait is named after the English explorer William Dampier. In 1759 Captain William Wilson sailing in the East Indiaman Pitt navigated these waters and named the channel between Batanta and Salawati as Pitt Strait, after his vessel.

History

Islam first arrived in the Raja Ampat archipelago in the 15th century due to political and economic contacts with the Bacan Sultanate.^[1] During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Sultanate of Tidore had close economic ties with the island.^[1] During this period, Islam became firmly established and local chiefs began adopting Islam.^[1]^[2] Batanta was historically under the rule of the Salawati Kingdom, one of the Raja Ampat (Four Kings).

Fauna

The following reptile, mammal, and bird species are found on the island:

Blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei)
Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) (prehistorically introduced)
Black rat (Rattus rattus) (uncertain; introduced)
Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)
Myoictis wallacei (uncertain)
Echymipera kalubu (uncertain)
Phalanger orientalis
Spilocuscus maculatus
Paramelomys platyops
Dobsonia beauforti
Dobsonia magna
Macroglossus minimus
Nyctimene albiventer (Common tube-nosed fruit bat)
Pteropus conspicillatus
Rousettus amplexicaudatus
Syconycteris australis
Emballonura nigrescens
Hipposideros cervinus
Hipposideros diadema
Hipposideros maggietaylorae
Rhinolophus euryotis
Miniopterus australis
Myotis adversus (uncertain)
Pipistrellus papuanus

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Wanggai, Toni V. M. (2008). Rekonstruki sejarah umat Islam di tanna Papua [Reconstruction of the History of lslam in Papua]. Syariff Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ Slama, Martin (2015), "Papua as an Islamic Frontier: Preaching in 'the Jungle' and the Multiplicity of Spatio-Temporal Hierarchisations", From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities, ANU Press, pp. 243–270, ISBN 978-1-925022-43-8

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[:0-1] Wanggai, Toni V. M. (2008). Rekonstruki sejarah umat Islam di tanna Papua [Reconstruction of the History of lslam in Papua]. Syariff Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[:1-2] Slama, Martin (2015), "Papua as an Islamic Frontier: Preaching in 'the Jungle' and the Multiplicity of Spatio-Temporal Hierarchisations", From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities, ANU Press, pp. 243–270, ISBN 978-1-925022-43-8

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